Zavora Dive Scuba Dive Centre

Zavora, Inhambane provice, Mozambique

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Zavora is a new diving destination about 80 km south of Tofo Beach in Mozambique.
There has been hardly any diving activity in Zavora area owing to the remote location and a lack of amenities.
This has changed now and Zavora is now ready to accommodate you for a superb and unforgettable diving holiday!

There is an abundance of Manta Rays, there's a cleaning station at 12m. Humpback Whales rest and congregate in large numbers from june untill october and when possible we go snorkeling with the Humpback Whales!
There are different kinds of sharks, Tiger, shark, Bull shark (or Zambezi shark), dusky shark, oceanic black tip shark, just to name a few.
There's a large turtle population, including hawksbill, and loggerhead.
Zavora is about to become a dive destination like neighbouring Tofo Beach. Manta's and many different sharks species, like Zambezi, Oceanic blacktips, white tips and many more are seen all year. During the summer season, you will see larger numbers of manta rays. You will see manta's while scuba diving at the different cleaning stations.

THE DIVING:

While Mozdivers Zavora is the first permanent dive centre in Zavora, sporadic diving has been taking place in the area since the early 1970s. Much like Tofo in its early days, Zavora is primarily known as a fishing destination for South African sports anglers.

Zavora has two very long, accessible reef systems. The "deep reef" system runs parallel to the coast approximately 10 kilometres off shore. Multiple dive sites have been identified on this system, varying in average depth from 24 to 45 meters. This reef system is quite literally packed with life, with enormous shoals game fish, Manta Ray cleaning stations and an extremely healthy shark population, including Bull, Tiger, Dusky and Blacktip sharks.

The "inshore reef" system lies just one kilometre off shore, north of Zavora, running parallel to the dunes known as locally as Red Sands and White Sands. The Red Sands area features multiple Manta Ray cleaning stations in 12 to 14 metres, and both parts of this system offer stunning Macro life and underwater topography, as well a wide variety of game fish, potato and brindle bass, plus more opportunities for shark encounters. Average depths range from 12 to 18 metres with pinnacles coming up to 6 meters.

Both of these reef systems are quite literally kilometres long and to date, not all parts have been completely explored and mapped. Exploration diving in the area will be available to divers who are interested in participating.

More or less in between these two systems, about 6 kilometres off-shore, lays the wreck of the Klipfontein. A Dutch passenger/cargo ship built in 1939, she sank on January 8 th , 1953, after having struck an "unidentified underwater object". The Klipfontein was 160 meters long, and as she was sinking she keeled over and broke in half, coming to rest upside down in two separate sections, on a bottom of 52 meters, with both sections coming up to 34 meters. She offers some amazing dive opportunities on both parts of the wreck and has formed a stunning deep water artificial reef system. It is worth noting that no human lives were lost during the sinking of the Klipfontein.

The seasonal Humpback Whale migration begins in July and finishes in October. During this period it is common to large numbers of Humpback Whales in the area and with optimal conditions, in water encounters are possible. The best months for Humpbacks are normally August and September.

Other dive highlight includes encounters with an extremely healthy turtle population, including Loggerhead, Hawksbill and Leatherback Turtles, as well as relatively common sightings of the Small Eyed Ray, the world’s largest known species of Sting Ray, which to date, has only been seen alive in its natural environment along the coast of southern Mozambique.

DIVE PRICES FOR 2009
400 SA Rand per dive
Nitrox Fills Available for 70 Rand
Youth Rates are offered on all diving –
under 25 years of age, 20% off

Youth Rates are not offered on dive courses

COURSE PRICES – PADI, IANTD AND DAN COURSES OFFERED

PADI OPEN WATER DIVER – 3125 SA Rand –
includes pool sessions + 4 sea dives
PADI ADVANCED OPEN WATER – 2725 SA Rand –
includes 5 sea dives
PADI RESCUE DIVER – 3125 SA Rand –
includes 5 sea dives
PADI DIVE MASTER – 5500 SA Rand

IANTD ADVANCED OPEN WATER – 2650 SA Rand –
includes 6 sea dives
IANTD RESCUE DIVER – 2650 SA Rand –
includes 4 sea dives
IANTD NITROX DIVER – 2450 SA Rand –
includes 2 sea dives and NITROX fills
IANTD DEEP DIVER 40 METERS – 2650 SA Rand –
includes 4 sea dives

DAN O2 PROVIDER – 570 SA Rand
DAN HAZARDOUS MARINE INJURIES – 690 SA Rand

IANTD TECHNICAL DIVING COURSES

IANTD ADVANCED NITROX – 3850 SA Rand –
includes 4 sea dives
IANTD ADVANCED RECREATIONAL TRIMIX – 3850 SA Rand – includes 4 sea dives
IANTD NORMOXIC TRIMIX – 5880 SA Rand –
includes 6 sea dives
IANTD MIXER/BLENDER NITROX – 2730 SA Rand
IANTD MIXER/BLENDER TRIMIX – 2950 SA Rand

Technical Diving course prices do not include Oxygen and Helium which is charged per litre at current market rate.

FULLY GUIDED DIVE TOURS:
8 Day/7 Night Tours depart from Maputo every Sunday and from Tofo/Inhambane every Wednesday and Friday
Tour Packages include all transfers, transportation, accommodation, guide and twelve dives.
Clients on Mozdiver Zavora Tours are required to have a minimum advanced certification and 60+ logged dives.
ALL ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED AT
ZAVORA LODGE

TOUR PRICING per person
Sea Facing - 1240 Euro
Non-Sea Facing - 1190 Euro
With Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner - 120 Euro

SUNDAY TO SUNDAY TOUR FROM MAPUTO

Sunday – Arrive Maputo on SAA flight from Johannesburg (departs Jo’burg at 1350, arrives Maputo at 1455), meet and greet at airport in Maputo, 90 minute transfer to Casa Lisa Lodge. Overnight in private en-suite chalets, double, twin or single. Dinner provided.

Monday – Breakfast at 630am, 730am departure from Casa Lisa to Zavora. Arrive in Zavora late morning. Accommodation for the next six nights in private en-suite rooms, double, twin or single. Check dive scheduled for early afternoon.
Tuesday thru Saturday - Total of 11 scheduled dives.

Sunday – Return transfer from Zavora to Maputo for afternoon SAA flight to Johannesburg (departs Maputo at 1555, arrives Jo’burg at 1705).

WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY TOURS FROM TOFO/INHAMBANE

Early afternoon pick up from Tofo or Inhambane Airport and transfer to Zavora with morning return transfer the following week

1. Clients on Sunday to Sunday land based tours may extend in Zavora by four or six days and have a Wednesday or Friday transfer provided from Zavora to Tofo for a Tofo dive tour or a Tofo accommodation/diving package. Zavora extensions are priced at 105 euros per day sea-facing at Zavora Lodge and include accommodation and two dives per day. Tofo tours or dive packages can be booked separately from Mozdivers Zavora.

2. Clients on Sunday to Sunday land based tours may combine their dive holiday with Kruger Park safaris departing from Maputo every Sunday afternoon at 1400. Two, three or four day safari options are available and include return transfers to Johannesburg. Prices available on request.

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